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Chinese grocery player Miss Fresh sells shares at $31m valuation

Chinese online grocery delivery platform Miss Fresh has agreed to sell an 88.1% stake to a third-party investor at a valuation of approximately USD 31m – one-tenth of the company’s market capitalisation when it listed in June 2021.

  • Greater China
  • 08 August 2023
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L Catterton exits Australia’s Seafolly

L Catterton Asia has sold Australian swimwear brand Seafolly to an unidentified Asian strategic buyer in a deal that values the company at AUD 70m (USD 46m).

  • Australasia
  • 04 August 2023
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Deal focus: Change at the margins for Proterra Asia

Proterra Asia has been investing in food and agriculture across the region for 13 years. This will continue, regardless of tweaks in management entity ownership and fund structure

  • GPs
  • 02 August 2023
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Deal focus: AGIC eyes beauty with industrial characteristics

Pure Trade runs a network of third-party manufacturers that provide packaging to global beauty brands. AGIC saw an asset that sat neatly in its Asia-Europe industrial supply chain sweet spot

  • Greater China
  • 02 August 2023
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India edtech: Class dismissed

With investment all but evaporated and its champion in a tailspin of bad press, India’s massive online K-12 education space is in an awkward limbo. It’s a welcome correction though

  • South Asia
  • 02 August 2023
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Chinese retailer KK Group files for Hong Kong IPO

KK Group, a Chinese online-to-offline lifestyle retailer that has raised more than USD 400m in venture capital funding, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 01 August 2023
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RTP leads $17m round for India internet provider

RTP Global has led a USD 17m round for India’s Wiom, a home internet provider for middle and lower-middle-income customers.

  • South Asia
  • 01 August 2023
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PEP raises continuation fund for New Zealand's Up Education

Australia's Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has raised a single-asset continuation fund of approximately AUD 400m (USD 268m) for Up Education, a vocational education business it has held since 2015.

  • Australasia
  • 31 July 2023
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US sports, media-focused GP backs Australia's PMY Group

Bluestone Equity Partners, a US private equity firm specialising in sports and media, has made an investment of undisclosed size in Australia’s PMY Group, an IT provider for stadiums and arenas.

  • Australasia
  • 31 July 2023
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Goodwater raises $1b across two funds

Goodwater Capital, a US-based VC firm with a presence in Korea and significant Asia exposure, has raised USD 1bn across two funds. It brings assets under management to USD 3.3bn.

  • North America
  • 27 July 2023
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AGIC buys French beauty packaging player

AGIC Capital, a specialist in Asia-Europe cross-border deals, has acquired Pure Trade, a Paris-headquartered packaging supplier to the global beauty industry.

  • Europe
  • 27 July 2023
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Deal focus: Glow chooses B2B supplier for debut deal

Australia’s Glow Capital Partners took its time finding a maiden investment that ticked all the boxes of its consumer and brands strategy. This involved edging slightly down the supply chain

  • Australasia
  • 26 July 2023
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Aspirant exits Japanese fish retailer to local strategic

Japanese middle market private equity firm Aspirant Group has sold Yamato, a local seafood company with interests stretching from fish wholesaling to conveyor belt sushi restaurants, to kitchen-wear supplier Tenpos HD.

  • North Asia
  • 25 July 2023
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Asia-based football investment platform backs England's Charlton Athletic

ACA Football Partners (ACAFP), an investment platform established by professionals from Singapore-based ACA Investments, is part of a consortium that has acquired English football club Charlton Athletic.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 25 July 2023
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Australia's River Capital targets UK cake shop chain

River Capital, an Australian investment firm that owns speciality cake retailer The Cheesecake Shop, has been rebuffed by the board of UK-based Cake Box Holdings after submitting a buyout offer for the listed company.

  • Australasia
  • 21 July 2023
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KKR leads $190m Series C for Korea fashion platform

KKR has led a USD 190m Series C round for Korean online fashion platform Musinsa with support from Wellington Management.

  • North Asia
  • 19 July 2023
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Creature comforts: Why PE likes pet care

Private equity investors have long championed the resilient characteristics of pet care globally. The pandemic helped solidify a similar value proposition in Asia

  • Australasia
  • 19 July 2023
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Deal focus: Telexistence’s nimble robots target retail, logistics

Japan’s Telexistence appears to be on the cusp of a significant milestone in retail automation. Local logistics tech investor Monoful is hoping to take that promise to the warehouse

  • North Asia
  • 19 July 2023
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China's Keep raises $40m in Hong Kong IPO

Keep, a China-focused fitness app operator backed by the likes of GGV Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and 5Y Capital, traded up slightly on debut after raising HKD 313.5m (USD 40m) in a smaller-than-anticipated Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 13 July 2023
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Deal focus: COPE moves fast with Malaysia petfood play

Recognising a local champion in a pandemic-proof category, COPE Private Equity flipped a significant minority stake in Malaysian petfood maker Pet World in just over two years

  • Southeast Asia
  • 11 July 2023
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Tiger, Blume join $33m round for India's Battery Smart

Tiger Global Management and Blume Ventures have supported a INR 2.7bn (USD 33m) pre-Series B round for Indian battery-swapping electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure provider Battery Smart.

  • South Asia
  • 10 July 2023
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500 Global backs debut fund from Singapore's First Move

500 Global has backed the debut fund raised by Singapore’s First Move, a pre-seed VC firm set up by former executives of Malaysian online-to-offline commerce services provider Fave.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 07 July 2023
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US GP backs Australia skin tanning products brand

Gauge Capital, a US private equity firm with experience in the Australian health and beauty space, has invested in local tanning cream brand Loving Tan. Financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Australasia
  • 06 July 2023
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Amara backs Cambodian hotpot restaurant chain

Cambodian private equity investor Amara Capital has invested an undisclosed sum in local hotpot restaurant operator KFK Holdings.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 July 2023
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